Here in Italy, the self-injecting adreanaline same as the Epipen in the US is normally "free" (its cost except maybe a "ticket" of 4 € is paid by the equivalent

Here in Italy, the self-injecting adreanaline same as the Epipen in the US is normally "free" (its cost except maybe a "ticket" of 4 € is paid by the equivalent of the NHS in the UK) if prescribed by an authorized doctor or in the hospital. But any doctor can prescribe it and the "full" price is around € 80 for the single pack or 140 for the two pack, so it is around 1/4th if the US $600 cited in the article. BTW here a "normal" adrenaline 0.5 mg vial is around 1 or maybe 2 €, so all the prize must be in the auto-injection mechanism and not in the actual drug.